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It is the view of Scottish Ministers that the TCA represents a significant step backwards in our trading relationship with the EU, when compared with the benefits the UK enjoyed as a member state.
That journey time is already pretty lengthy when compared with other UK and European journeys of the same distance—and, indeed, when compared with the rail journey time between Edinburgh and Perth over a century ago.
The licensing requirements for both licensing regimes are comparable and licensing authorities consider the individual circumstances of each application and determine which licence/s are required.
Helen then went on to discuss and compare some of that evidence. After much deliberation the Health and Sport Committee recommended by a majority that the Parliament should not agree to the general principles of the Bill.
As things stand, pubs in Scotland are £15,000 worse off and medium-sized hotels £30,000 worse off, compared to counterparts in England. Whilst our larger businesses have been denied support of anything up £110,000, the payment cap.
She emphasised the variation in care between different prisons, highlighting access to a GP in one prison can have a waiting list of one week compared to 22 weeks in others. Data Gaps: Wendy said there was a significant barrier in access to quality data on the prison population, IT systems haven’t kept up and information sharing is a real issue especially i...